The project tackles the issue of the challenge of including youth in the local democratic processes. In today`s situation, the strategic and political decisions in the municipalities concerning youth are not always knowledge-based. The knowledge on the situation of youth, their opinions and how they lead their lives, is inadequate. In addition, the knowledge and…
Muheza community with a population of 171 568 is divided into 23 wards, 100 villages and 505 hamlets. The district is dominated by peasant farmers (with a per capital income of Tshs. 270 000/= USD 2.25). Farmers lack storage facilities for the agricultural products and are forced to sell their products at cheap prices to…
Dalarna county and Hubei province became sister regions in September 2011. In order to secure a long-term friendship and mutual understanding between our regions it is important to include young people in the cooperation. Young people of today will be the leaders of tomorrow. With that in mind, the overall objective for the different measures…
Palu is undergoing, similar to many cities in Asia and Indonesia in particular, a very clear trend of urbanization. The city’s population is increasing very rapidly and within 10 years it is estimated to have increased from 400,000 to 500,000 inhabitants. The sanitary conditions do not develop at the same rate as well as the…
By changing the present approach of inadequate internal communication at the Tlokwe City Council to an ongoing, two-way symmetric approach in which the latest technology is utilized by qualified, well-resourced officials to reach strategic communication goals which includes well-informed and motivated officials. This should result in better service delivery, which in turn supports the democratic…
2013-14 the project Sites and Stories was carried out, which aimed to develop local democracy by engaging people in local sites and stories and create pedagogical concepts for reflection on contemporary issues, such as democracy, societal challenges and dreams for the future. The project was a great success. Now Entebbe Municipality wants to take a…
This is a mutually beneficial partnership to both Gotland and Kibaha municipality which was initiated in the year 2000, as a technical cooperation in the area of strengthening working environment and water supply. The goal of the project is to strengthen labour safety, water supply and waste water management for about 4000 people at Kibaha…
Energy distribution is, despite of enormous amounts of solar energy and at times very good conditions for wind energy, a very large obstacle in the development of Tanzania and Mwanga District. Lack of energy, in addition to technical barriers and general problems, creates deforestation of solid fuel and illegal logging in order to produce coal…